The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-20
COULISSE CHAT.

coULISSE CHAT.
Wilson Barrett at the Globe Theatre. Boston.
March "a.
Is is r,unorcd that Wilson Barrett sees an i'm.
mcnsc field for work in this country. and viii re-
main here.
Il Is ahoat +, time R9sl1a vokSs dropped the last
know. and itisa very stale chestnut.
The "Ruddygorc" company are due in New
York from London to-day. ltcontains the sninc
people who introduced ''rhc Mikudo" last year.
Philadelphia has finer acoustic properties than
any hall in the country.
Ellen Terry is going to ecnd her daughter to
GirtOn College, and tho most Eifted woman on
the .English-spcakng stage says her daughter
shall never be an actress
The Boston Herald wants to know "who fb-
bed, the cable or the public, in the hnsty damn
say in the best circles, somebody lied.
Robert Mantcll, who is great Boston favorite.
phys u return engagement of two weeks at the
Globe. q M9pening February - Hewill be followed
gagcmcnt here.
Imagine Frank Morln,int playing Michael Null
doom In "Muldoon's Picnic!" THAT is what he
has ,ms been @ rNeeently doing in san Francisco nut
plays anything badly.
Miss Pauline Hall does not contemplate leav-
ing the stage and going to Europe. And the
rich, she snys, is unfortunately unfouGdcd She
lives In fine style in New York Hat
Chnr'cs H. Hoyt, the Boston newspaper man
who has grown rich within few years by writ.
Keys" and "A Parlor Match" will marry one OF
his stars, Flora Walsh, Mt the end of tho season.
Lillian Russell, who sings in the comic opera
season ut the National this week, hns created II
over appeared In New York. She is said to be ns
handsome as ever, and better singer and actress.
Carl Rosa has produccda new opera, "Nordisa, '
both li6retto and music Of which are by an Eng
laid in Norway, the subject is pastoral, and the
music Is declared to be northern In form and
original.
adjunct in colossal Danish bloodhound who Is
five by nine feet in measurement and who begs
for peanuts and candy. He is the biggest "purp'
in America and is as good naturcd us he Is ugly
In appearance.
Col. McI'amll and Nine Cottrely went over to
New York to see the first production of Zelcr's
%t We've 70 IL f in haa EKs n ts
event of II success, which Uhe success, Ia still a
matter OF doubt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee Rankin will bring their
sides Macbeth they will present ALLAN Dare,
dr,,n,ntiIGd M from Admiral Porter's astonishing
novel, "rhc Last Days of Pompeii;" "Notre
at the New York Metropolitan Opera House
Wednesday night II affords Cavallnzzi the only
onpoftnitx $ t Gf & thG sensoi for her part of Fen
nnd not II mere dancer.
Rose Coghlan has made II hit in New York.
She does Lady GdD Spdnker with much grace
the needfiil spirit into tho famous hunting
speech, and manages the scenes of mock CO.
quetry with the old fop with admirable hrnor.
Fra Frank Daniels ls who plays on! Sport nt the
IInpnn nf.,
role in one Of Hoyt's comedies shortly. nut il is
not likely Tint he viii give up the rart OF Sport
popular as at present.
Buffalo Express critic wants us to remember
van production since "Pinafore" was pronounced
OF ''the flowers that bloom i'm the spring" and
their associate meters to crime.
II Is stated in Hdrpcr's ITccklU that when
Joscnh, p J.. Jefferson was vase camping out lust summer
scene from "Rip Van winklc," but the actor de-
clineti, saying that he could not repeat any long
pnssase from his parts away from the theatre.
"I'm always thinking" said Nine. Modjcska
the other day. ~ will stay on the stage one year
more, for there is this or that plny l have not
acted II yet. but now we think, after next year,
home there NV husband wants to yet me or
the stage"
Patti is in loye with Nicolinis singing in Mex
leo; leo; m "a most hospitable people are the Mcxcans
ss how msS thsy as They !" remind me Of
prONnl ana enthusiasm. Even when NicOiini
Nicolini.''
Miss Eleanor, Calhoun arrived in New York
from Europe last Wednesday She. does not
come to bc married, but to see about the prod,lc-
ton 2f II new play, which has been written for
e ncri she ~ says she Is cngaged to Young Hearst,
fore the marriage, since her fiancc is only just
out of college.
Mary, Anderson will begin her provincial tour
through England In two0r three weeksand will
seen with him In Paris recently, tho report was
again started that they were to be married.
Of Whom % he Is very vi fond. % Mrs. Gs obersssp nni
her sister accompanied her husband and Miss
Anderson to Paris
Nine, Patti thinks that music is good deal of
letter tOan American girl studying In Germany:
Whatever the relations of music, IL will never
csase to be the noblest and p,rcst Of arts It is
solutc truth and reality,what other arts only i'm
ply. Its inherent sOlclnnlty makes II so chnstc
aud wonderful TINT 1t cnnoblcs whatever comes
in contact with It,"
Mr.. J. NJ. Hill says that "Alcxandria," Miss
foar acts, BY Rlcisd voss @ the weii.fnoWn " der r.
man playwright. II represents II new psychOlO-
subject for discussion, It was first produced in
nearly every Gerlnaii, speaking city on the CONT
nent, aud Is now being adapted for the French
stage by Jean Rchepin.
The Boston Ideal Opera Company had for the
second and closing week of its season ut the Bos-
ton Theatre another succession OF enormous nii-
diences The operas Of the previous week
to the Gaseite, with greater srnoothness %hs
and effect than attended their earlier prcsen,
tati9n., From all indications, the engagement
might have been prolonged for some weeks with
ihat aife"dSa It VI was fairly tho t%oro"sSiy s
deserved.
There y to be short season of Itnlian opera,
with Patti as the star, beginning at the Metropol-
itan Opera House, New York, April II. Six or
Patti viii appear Nine. s scach nc Nine. GaIassI @ and
Signors Galassi and NoyarrO. Who the tenor will
BE- had not yet been settled; but 1t will either be
bilities largely in favor Of liaveiii signor Ar
ditti will conduct the orchestra The little tenor.
Guile IL discarded, II IL said though his voice Il
all that could be desired, because he IL not large
enough for opera.
There was lively performance of Lady Aud
ley's Secret" the other night In Richmond, Va.
kicked by an actor named Field ns she was in the
act OF jamming him into the well In the murder
the esops Ms SsnTe by n
lowed up the stage murder by taking the handle
from the well and Stating him over the head SO
that he fell CORY heap to the bottom about two
feet down--and began suit for damages next
morning.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of February said:
himself as highly delighted with everything he
saw at the matinee yesterday ut Harrs's Nh.
seun. He considers Mr.. Harris In the light of /,
public bencinctor IN giving them such excellent
moral and instructive entertainments n prices
within the reach of ALL lie was particularly
pleased with the good order maintained and the
uniform courtesy of all the museum attaches.
He was agreeably surprised at the lavish, ex-
cally and the dulcet strains of the capable or
chestra. Mr.. Booth thanked Manager Harris
very warmly for the pleasure afforded him,
promising whenever In Cincinnati 10 call again"
Before Lester wallaok left for Florida he was
tendered and declined u unique testimonial.
Managers palmcr aud DAILY having arranged the
prcliminaries called and proposed thnt he should
accept II testimonin! benefit performance, say
Of "Hnmlct," at which lll tho roles should be
filled by stars. liOOth had volunteered to be
Hamlet, barrett Ldertes Joe jefferson The First
Graro Digger aud Mrs. Iangtry would study
character for this occasion. Mr. wullack de-
clined appearing MS n pecuniary beneficiary,
though II was thought tho receipts would have
been SD,UO to $4,000. He said hc could only ac-
cept dinner or some such social attention, and
dinner 1t Is to be after his return.
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Something To Remember.
A mother had rcproved her little girl for being
sOcumsy as to drop dish, aud the II. lie girl after
n thoughtful silence, said: